Meanwhile, Over At Dread Media.... #572

This week, your Hosts With The Most Desmond Reddick and Darryl get down and dirty with what may very be the absolute weirdest western of all time, El Topo.   Alejandro Jodorowsky’s second full-length film is part of the foundations of Midnight Cinema, along with Eraserhead (made by Jodorowsky fan David Lynch), Rocky Horror, and Pink Flamingoes. Supposedly Ben Barenholtz decided to show this film at midnight at the Elgin Theater to give moviegoers ‘a sense of self-discovery.’

Here’s the trailer.  What’s obvious watching it is that the distributor didn’t know quite how to sell it.  The narrator swings from telling us what it isn’t and what it is seemingly at random while extremely brief shots from the film play out.  It seems intent on selling the film as an experience rather than a product, as the review at the end seem to shore up.

Oh, and apparently Des and his son Cade review Rings.  The trailer’s here, too.  Watch it if you want.  At least you won’t have to watch the movie afterwards, as I suspect they give away the whole movie in it...

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